American Torture

We Americans didn't want to look at our torture crimes because we knew that was wrong AND we also knew nothing was going to be done about it. I had wondered for many years how the Germans could have gone along with Hitler's crimes and I used to feel smug about that. Not anymore. To the Germans there came a time when Hitler's actions became theirs, and now we Americans too have sailed under that same Arch de Acquiescence, whirling around and around in a whirlpool of profound and studied detachment. We can no longer say it was Bush who did it. Now it is America who did it.

All we can offer now in propitiation is that we were waiting for a saviour. And he is here - and we want him to cleanse us real quick. Problem is that the big boys are way out there beyond any retribution basking in glory and retirement benefits and we will never get any piece of bush, cheney, rumsfield, addington, yoo, gonzales, ashcroft, and many others including powell who sold his soul for a beaker of washing powder at the U. N. when he could have changed everything. So - all we can do - rationally - now - is to crucify all the poor bastards who carried out the orders of the Lords. If EVERYBODY refuses, because they know they will eventually be punished, then maybe someday nobody will carry out those damn orders.